Biography

Giering studied at the HFF Potsdam. He starred in a production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and was cast by Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 filmmaker, Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work...

 for the TV movie, The Traitor

The Traitor

The Traitor is a Caroline era stage play, a tragedy written by James Shirley. Along with The Cardinal, The Traitor is widely considered to represent the finest of Shirley's efforts in the genre, and to be among the best tragedies of its period...

and the 1997 filmsThe Castle

Das Schloß (film)

Das Schloß is a 1997 TV film by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's absurdist novel and was first aired on Austrian television, but was also released in Germany, The Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, and the USA.-Synopsis:...

and Funny Games.

Giering's portrayal of the psychopathic killer, ‘Peter’ in "Funny Games" was considered a breakout performance.

Giering was regularly seen in TV and cinema

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 productions. His best known roles were Floyd in Sebastian Schipper's Absolute Giganten

Absolute Giganten

Absolute Giganten is a 1999 German language film, directed by Sebastian Schipper. Set in Hamburg, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving for ever, and involves drink, V8 engines, and an extraordinary game of table-football.It was Schipper's first movie...

(1999) and the film Baader

Baader (film)

Baader is a 2002 German film directed by Christopher Roth. It is a biopic about terrorist Andreas Baader of the notorious Red Army Faction which operated mainly in West Germany during the 1970s....

(2002), portraying the leader of the Red Army Faction

Red Army Faction

The radicalized were, like many in the New Left, influenced by:* Sociological developments, pressure within the educational system in and outside Europe and the U.S...

. Since 2006, Giering starred in the ZDF series The Criminologist as the Commissioner

Commissioner

Commissioner is in principle the title given to a member of a commission or to an individual who has been given a commission ....

 Henry Weber. He appeared in 30 episodes up until 2010.

Death

Giering was found dead in his apartment in Berlin on 23 June 2010. Giering had been outspoken about his struggles with alcoholism and emotional issues.

Filmography

• 1996: Die Halbstarken
• 1997: The Castle
  Das Schloß (film)
  Das Schloß is a 1997 TV film by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It is an adaptation of Franz Kafka's absurdist novel and was first aired on Austrian television, but was also released in Germany, The Czech Republic, Japan, Canada, and the USA.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• 1997: Funny Games
• 1998: Tatort - Blick in den Abgrund
• 1998: Opera Ball
  Opernball (film)
  Opernball is a 1998 made-for-TV movie by Urs Egger based on a 1995 novel by Austrian writer Josef Haslinger in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazi terrorist attack taking place during the Vienna Opera Ball. The film starred Heiner Lauterbach, Franka Potente, Frank Giering, Caroline...
  
  - Victims / Offenders
• 1998: Und alles wegen Mama
• 1998: Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit
  Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit
  Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit is a 1998 German romantic comedy film. It earned director Marc Rothemund a Bavarian Film Award for "Best Young Director"...
  
  
• 1999: Gigantic
  Absolute Giganten
  Absolute Giganten is a 1999 German language film, directed by Sebastian Schipper. Set in Hamburg, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving for ever, and involves drink, V8 engines, and an extraordinary game of table-football.It was Schipper's first movie...
  
  
• 2000: Marmor, Stein & Eisen
• 2000: Bloody Weekend
• 2000: Gran Paradiso
• 2000: Exit to Heaven
• 2000: Ebene 9
• 2002: Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht
• 2002: Baader
• 2003: Hierankl
  Hierankl
  Hierankl is a German award-winning family drama which premiered July 1, 2003 at the Munich Film Festival. The modern Heimatfilm, named after a district in Surberg, Germany, is the film debut of writer and director Hans Steinbichler....
  
  
• 2003: The Curve
• 2003: Anatomy 2
  Anatomy 2
  Anatomy 2 is a 2003 German thriller film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky that stars Franka Potente. It's the sequel to the 2000 film Anatomy...
  
  
• 2004: Nightsongs
• 2004: Die Rosenzüchterin
• 2006: Esperanza
• 2006: Störtebeker
• 2006-: Der Kriminalist
• 2007: Free to Leave
• 2008: Tatort - Der glückliche Tod
• 2009: Lasko - Die Faust Gottes - Der FLuch
• 2009: Keine Angst
• 2009: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten

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